This book helps readers understand how universities position themselves in the innovation landscape and the implications for national policies. It provides a scholarly discussion and best practice-based insights to help answer questions like: To what extent do funding and governance policies support activities within the knowledge triangle? How should policies for universities be designed in countries with different industrial and higher education structures? Are there ways to effectively link universities with regional enterprises and social actors? And finally, what are the new institutional models and best practices for overcoming obstacles to interaction, collaboration, and co-creation?

This book helps readers understand how universities position themselves in the innovation landscape and the implications for national policies. It provides a scholarly discussion and best practice–based insights to help answer questions like: To what extent do funding and governance policies support activities within the knowledge triangle? How should policies for universities be designed in countries with different industrial and higher education structures? Are there ways to effectively link universities with regional enterprises and social actors? And finally, what are the new institutional models and best practices for overcoming obstacles to interaction, collaboration, and co-creation?

- Part I Higher Education and Research Management Paradigms in the Knowledge Triangle. - Knowledge Triangle Targeted Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. - Part II Conceptual Foundations of the Knowledge Triangle. - Knowledge Triangle: The Right Concept to Align Universities Missions?. - Knowledge Triangle Between Research, Education, and Innovation: A Conceptual Discussion. - Different Approaches to Regional Embeddedness and the Knowledge Triangle in Germany. - Technology Upgrading and Knowledge Triangle in Brazil. - Knowledge Triangles in Dutch Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. - Part III Knowledge Triangle in Higher Education Institutes and Public Research Organizations. - Developing Research Organisations Towards Knowledge Triangle with Project Funding Instruments: An Example from Estonia. - Incorporating Knowledge Triangle in University Management System: The Case of the Higher School of Economics, Russia. - Open Innovation Platforms Fostering the Co-creation and Value Creation in a Knowledge Triangle: The Case of Tampere, Finland. - Knowledge Triangle Configurations at Three Swedish Universities. - Knowledge Triangle in the Health Sector: The Case of Three Health Faculties in Norway. - Part IV Knowledge Triangle in Light of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. - Knowledge Triangle Governance in Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy. - The Role of Knowledge Triangle Policies in Development of Science-Industry Links in the New EU Member States: The Case of Czech Universities. - Place-based Higher Education Policies in Austria. - Part V Knowledge Triangle Targeted Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. - Targeted Science, Technology, and Innovation Policies to Enhance Knowledge Triangle.